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Vanguard 1 - Orbit

View from above orbital plane
View from above orbital plane
View from above satellite
View from above satellite

Ground track
Ground track

The orbit is defined by the following mean orbital elements,

1 00005U          26037.21040462 +.00000000 +00000-0 +17127-3 0 00006
2 00005  34.2621 358.5266 1839380 267.9177  71.0902 10.85947394    00
Epoch (UTC): 06 February 2026 05:02:58
Eccentricity: 0.1839380
inclination: 34.2621°
perigee height: 651 km
apogee height: 3820 km
right ascension of ascending node: 358.5266°
argument of perigee: 267.9177°
revolutions per day: 10.85947394
mean anomaly at epoch: 71.0902°

The dashed part of the orbit path shows where the satellite is in the earth's shadow,  

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